The Transformative Impact of a Summer Camp on a Professor’s Civic Engagement

This paper explored the impact of a summer civics camp on revitalizing the first author's commitment to civics instruction and fostering critical consciousness in the classroom. Through reflective journaling, individual interviews with students, and engagement as a researcher and master teacher, this author navigated the journey from disillusionment to empowerment. The paper also introduced the Advocacy Hourglass framework (Generation Citizen, 2019) as a catalyst for transformation and highlighted its alignment with youth-led activism. The interdisciplinary nature of this exploration underscored the potential for integrating innovative approaches across disciplines to enhance social studies education.